An artillery system that gets destroyed by enemy counter battery fire or e.g. via an airstrike is nothing unusual and has no bearing towards the effectiveness of e.g. a TOS-1A as such - which is indeed a fearsome and highly effective weapon system.
In that conjunction I keep wondering that the...
I feel you.
However terminator etc. take self-developing AI into account. In our "realistic" future airraft (without pilot) aka drones will still be guided/operated by humans and some will operate on designed software that allows for automatic parameters - which essentially has nothing to do...
A J-20 or even a J-10 can detect an F-35 or F-22
The F-35 is certainly a great improvement towards a contemporary 3rd or 4th generation aircraft - however it's actual (practical) RS isn't better then that of e.g. the Eurofighter. And RS isn't everything, antenna emissions are a given factor as...
IIRC there was an article by Elon Musk not too long ago, stating that in 20-30 years manned aircraft will no longer exist, maybe that helps to answer your question :)
China certainly up-scale's it's military inventory to counter US intentions and hegemony in it's vicinity, or what it defines as it's sphere of assuring the security of China and it's people, and has nothing to do with taking over Taiwan.
If they wanted to, they could have done it yesterday...
As you know the Bundeswehr is in a miserable state - even if this "special fund" would be used up entirely in e.g. the next 5 years - it would basically solve the issue that 80% of the existing hardware would actually be usable. :) Since 1990 Germany has spend about 7 billion to little per year...
The BMPT-72 Terminator-2 has also gotten an upgrade with a new multi-channel gunner’s sight that is equipped with a thermal channel, night vision, laser range finder, laser guidance system for missiles, and independent 2-plane stabilization of field of view with a sighting range of 5000 meters...
Budget promises and actual spending - as you know are very different issues.
Actually the systems that have been mentioned are the same systems that are in the procurement pipeline since the past 4 years.
The biggest investment will be the F-35 - IMO useless - but the USA was not willing to...
Okay, but I have seen a bit more - like taking out drones, obliterating APC/AFV and picking off infantry puppets in a building at distances of 800m and plus.
But if you don't like it - that's fine with me. :)
Maybe if you can see it in weapon trials - you might think differently ;)
Off course an upgraded Gepard (which the Bundeswehr doesn't have) - would be my first choice - independent of its considerable costs and maintenance issues
And during exercises the Gepard due to its considerable...
Well If I understand your question correctly:
The army is an integrated part in combined weapons strategy/tactics.
So individual recon teams (partially from Marders or Fenneks) are scouting ahead, MBT's move in conjunction with Marders - MBT's stop/Marder goes a 100-200m ahead crew stays and...
Test have been made with parachute retro systems - but the practical deployment is via the old CH-53 (2 units per Helicopter) and in future via this "ugly" (I really dislike that Helo) CH-47F Chinook.
You are certainly right - especially in view of "traditional" (I am trying to avoid the term "outdated") ;) army fielded concepts.
The new sometimes termed 2000 Soldier concept - incorporates a Tac. team of 5-6 men (IdZ-ES concept) - hence the reduction in modern AFV compartment sizes.
Realized...
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Yes it was actually trialed in several SEA countries - and was very popular amongst the tankies and Infantry. But somehow certain people/governments do prefer - "big" for mainly prestige reasons.
Actually the 2cm double fed cannon packs a hell of a punch with HE and Tungsten AP...
Anything can be done if the required numbers are there. In case of an 6x6 or 8x8 vehicle with up to a 105mm cannon one would need to procure at least 200 units.
For a tracked AFV the figure lies at around 300+
So as you know, it all depends on the feasibility of required numbers and the...
